Drying device for bar soap



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June 1, 1954 R. J. MTTIK 2,679,710

DRYING DEVICE FOR BAR SOAP Filed Nov. 20, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 er@ Q 12K 4 INVENTOR 5 F |g.2

ATTORNEYS .Tune l, 1954 R. J. MTTIK DRYING DEVICE: FOR BAR soAP 3Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed NOV. 20, 1950 ATTORNEY Patented June l, 1954 UfNI SPATENT OFF y2,679,710

BRYING DEVICE FOR lmilt-SGM Raimond 'Johannes fMttk, Linkoping, SwedenApplication November 20, 19'50, 'Serial-No; :196,633'

(Cl..=45-2&)

'3 Claims. lV

This invention lrelates to a drying device Jfor bar soap.

When using bar soap for washingV and thereafter 'placing said soap=on-1a 'soapfdish lather will befsmeared on said soap-dish. Thisdisadvantage will be overcome by vusingA the drying-device according tothe present invention, which device includes a casing having an inletYopeningfor the bar of' soap just-used, a 'vane wheel under th'e inletopening with a number of varies -thereon arranged radially )in parallellplanes, an outlet opening in thewcasing 'under `lthe vane wheel for thebar of soap, and a closure `or :door normally covering the outlet. This"door Aisinterconnected with 'the vane 'wheel 'in fsucha A1mah-nerthat,in

the-neutral position OfsaidV door; a stop on the door permits 'the vanewheelto turnito ar position in which foneof the vanes on the-vane wheelwill be approximately horizontal, -so that saidvane Will constitute asupport for the bar o'fsoap.

turning the 'vane wheelone quarterrevo'lu'tion, -v

be released'to @all down tothe outlet-in tliecasins.

According 'torafurther embodim'entaof the inventi'on, the device vhas aniniet openingfin the casing for thebar offisoap just used; vunder kthisinlet opening a vane wheel withfa number 'of vane's` thereon arranged:radially in parallel planes, and' under said vane wheel' an 'outletopening for the soap and "a .door normally covering the inlet opening.'Ihisedoor isinterconnected withthe vane wheelin such zasmahner that,inthe neutra'lfposition of 'saidfdoorpastop on the door-permits the vanewheel to. turnto a position in which one of the rods 6 thereon will beapproximately horizontal, fso that said vane will constitute agsupportfor the bar of soap. Then, upon the displacement. of the door. duringtheinsertion of a bar of soap into the drying device, the stop will alsoybe displaced Iso thata bar of soap which may beV placed onA the. vanewheel will, by a partial turning of the vane wheel one step, be releasedto fall down to the outlet opening.

In drawings, which illustrate two embodiments of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a front view of an embodiments of a drying device according tothe invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on the line A-A in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a corresponding sectional view of an- .2 other embodiment-ofthev fdev'ioefaocorde ing to Itheuinvention.

'The embodiment fof" the drying device 4shown in Figures 1 and 2includes a casing comprised lay-two sid'epla'tes I, which are held'together by cross bars -2. Argrid'S, attached to saidcross bars, iscomprised by vertically positionedfinetal rods, saidlrods `-being fatthelribottoin bent in the forward direction, so that 'theyiorm a basketI4, which basket vformsftlie'bottom vof'an outlet-opening forthebar-oi'soap. ifi-'vane 'wheel is carried in bearingsa 'whichrotatably mountva shaft 5, said shaft bei-ng' supported through thebearings by 'the 'side platesl This vane Wheel is comprised by a seriesofi'fourrods 8 radially positioned around the-f'shait 5. Further,between -said plates, a 'closure or door 'I is mounted 'by bearingswhich support a shaft 8; `this door normallycovering the outlet openingAs shown in detail*in-Fig;1', eachof 'the vanos on* 'the vane `wheel iscomprised by a number oft-radially 'positionedroda A cover Ifencl'osesthe vane Wheel', thiseoverhaving a downwardly bent top portion comprisedby a number ofapproximately vertically arranged bars Ii', which arepositioned radially in parallel planes along the 'shaft 5' ofthevanewheel and whic'hare situate'd betweenthe rods 9 on thev vane wheel'.Thebottom portion of said coveris'bent towards 'the vane wheel 'into anvapproximately horizontaljpositi'on. Also, saidport'ion is" comprised byrodsY 2`I arranged in the ysame radial planes as the barsrv I 1 l r Apin I`2`is so positioned on the door T'that the outer endsl I3. of the.rods .on the vane wheel, that. is, rthosesit'uated to the extremel right(Fig. l) are arranged at one en'd of. the vane wheel in such a mannerthat the ends oilthe rods will contact said pin 'and thus preventturning' of the vane, wheel.

The drying device. described above andlshown in Figures. l andy 2; inoperation. functions vin 'the following way; let. it be. assumed" 'thata bar of soaps plaeedlingthabasket 4 andanother bar oisoap. on the,horizontal rodsof the. vane wheel ,positioned'towards thergrid. 3.. If.one. wants. to take a bar o'f soap out of the drying device one at firsthas to swing the closure or door 'I inwardly and upwardly so that onewill be able to take the bar of soap from the basket 4. In doing so thedoor will be swung inwardly so far that the pin I2 moves to a positionin front of the middle portion 25 of said rod 6, which is inwardlyoffset from the right outer end I3, as

' shown in Fig. 1. The bar of soap resting on said horizontal rods willnow on account of its weight partially turn the vane wheel in acounter-clockwise direction, as shown in Fig. 2. However, after turningthrough a slight angle, the horizontal portion 25 of said rod 6 willcontact a circular guide rib I4 on the door. 'Ihis will for a shortwhile prevent continued turning of the vane wheel. One may take the barof soap resting in the basket `4 and use same. Upon removing the handfrom the basket 4 the door 'I, on account of its weight, will swing inthe counterclockwise direction (Fig. 2). However, on account of itsinertia, the door will swing somewhat outwardly past its verticalposition, as shown on the drawing. Thus the outer end I3 of the rod 6 isreleased and the bar of soap resting on the vane wheel now will be ableto turn the wheel a quarter of a revolution. The soap thereby fallsdownwardly into the basket AIl.

When the bar of soap, which was taken out of the drying device, has beenused, one has to insert the bar of soap into the drying device throughthe inlet opening between the grid 3 andthe bars II.

The function of the bars 2 I, referred to above, is to remove a bar ofsoap which has been dried on the vane wheel.

Reference numeral 22 designates a stop for preventing reverse turning-ofthe vane wheel.

A further embodiment of the drying device is shown in Fig. 3. The outletopening for bars of soapfrom this device is not covered by a door.Instead the device has a closure or door 24 normally covering the inletopening, said door being swingably carried in bearings which mount ashaft 23 extending between the side plates I. A latch I5 is swingablycarried by a pivot just above the vane wheel. The function of this latchis to contact axially extending pins I6 arranged on the rods 6 of thevane wheel. Between the door 24 and the latch lI5 there is a link IIwhich transmits movement to the vane wheel. A spring I8 is arranged tobias thelatch to swing to the position shown in the drawing, in whichposi.-

tion the latch is in the path of one of said pins I6.

The drying device shown in Fig. 3 functions as follows Normally a bar ofsoap rests inthe basket 4 and another bar of soap on-the horizontal rods6 of the vane wheel situated near the grid I0. takes the bar of soapresting in the basket 4 and uses it. After use, the bar of soap isplaced on the closure or door 24. Thereby the door will be presseddownward. The motion of said door 4 path of movement of the pins IB,when the latch is swung out of the engaging position. After the vanewheel has been turned through a quarter of a revolution, the next pin I6will contact said cam surface. When the door 24 is released. the springI8 will return the latch I5, whereby the pin `IIS resting on the camsurface I9 is able to be moved slightly in a clockwise direction againsta stop lug on the latch. 4 Thus there is now a bar of lsoap resting 'onthe vane wheel and another bar 'of soap in the basket 4.

One advantage of the drying device according to the invention is thefact that one is obliged to use two bars of soap simultaneously, ofwhich one bar is alwaysin the drying device for dryrvring. Therefore,the drying time for each bar of When one desires to wash oneself one isnow transmitted to the latch I5 through the A portion of the 5.

latch is formed with a rounded edge I9 as a' cam surface, so arrangedthat it will be in the soap ,will betwce as long as by the methodhitherto used.

What I claim is:

1. In a dispenser for bar soap, a casing having an opening therein, apivotally mounted closure normally closing said opening, a wheelrotatably mounted in said casingr and. adapted to support at least onebar of soap, and means forming a connection between said pivotallymounted closure and said Wheelwhereby swinging movement of saidpivotally mounted closure will cause said Wheel to deposit a bar of soapon the bottom of the casing adjacent the opening in the latter.

2. In a dispenser for bar soap, a casing having an opening therein,awheel rotatably mounted in said casing and having radially disposedprojections thereon adapted to support a bar of soap, and a closure forsaid opening pivotally mounted in the casing and having` a stop thereonadapted to abut one of the radially disposed projections on the wheel toprevent rotation of the latter when the closure is swung to openposition.

3. In a dispenser for dispensing dry bars of soap, a casing havingspaced apart inlet and outlet openings thereinthrough whichbars of soapmay be inserted and removed respectively, a wheel rotatably mounted inthe casing and having radially disposed projections thereon adaptedalternatively to support a bar of soap, a closure pivotally mountedAadjacent said outlet opening, a stop on said closure mounted in the pathof movement of the projections on the 'wheel and abutting projections onthe wheel to prevent partial rotation of the latter when the closure isswung in open position,land adapted to be abutted by other arcuatelyspaced projections on the wheel to permit the wheel to partially rotateto deposit a bar of soap` on the bottom of the casing adjacent theoutlet opening as the closure is swung toclosed position.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberNam'e Date 769,063 Dougherty et al. Aug. 30, 1904 2,272,669 Johnson Feb.l0, 1942 2,504,536 v Kisselburg Apr. 18,1950

